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OOC Information
Name; Jason
E-mail; frzbubble@yahoo.com
Other characters on this board; None
Age; 19
Experience; You know very well how much experience I have

Character Information
Basics
Full Name; Atticus James Saunders
Nickname(s); Mostly AJ, but some call him Attie
Age; 17
Gender; Male
Date of Birth; May 7
Year(if student); Seventh
House(if student); Hufflepuff
Blood; Muggleborn
Other;
Wand: His wand is 14" of oak with a unicorn tail core.
Pet: Large Eagle Owl, Apollo
Animagus: Summer just wasn’t a time to relax for AJ. He furthered himself intellectually as well. He took it upon himself to learn to transform into his chosen animal form. Yes he desired to become an animagus, so he registered, not wanting to do it illegally, and he began studying. He put his whole self into learning how to transform. What is his animal form you ask? Why AJ chose to be a bear, specifically a black bear. Why a bear? An old friend compared him to a bear once and he just decided to go with it. So AJ is a black bear. It may not seem like a useful form to take, but he gains great strength in the form and he suddenly becomes very adept at climbing trees. It’s very useful in the Forbidden Forest. The feature that labels him as an animagus is his eye color. No black bear has such piercing blue eyes. However, AJ as a bear does.


Appearance
Person using (celebs name): Chace Crawford


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Now I’m sure all of you from the last sites recall AJ in his sixth year, but he’s matured since then. The boy is now a man. He’s finally grown taller. Since his sixth year he’s sprouted at least two inches, leaving him standing somewhere in between 6' even and 6'1". All his diligent work outs have obviously been worth it. His muscles have really begun to show now that his shoulders have broadened and his body has reached it’s maximum height. He has a body to be envious of, though it’s a very attainable goal. AJ can tell you that himself. He’ll even ask that you work out with him. It’s not like he just has a naturally muscular body. Working hard over the years has sculpted his body for him.

His face could once be called a baby face, but no more. He’s lost every bit of his baby fat. Like his body, his face is chiseled, leaving his with well defined cheeks bones and a strong straight nose that you couldn’t notice before. Stubble seems to add to the new maturity of his face. He’d like to say that he purposely lets himself grow stubble to make himself look a little more rugged, but that’s not the reason. He just forgets to shave sometimes. It still doesn’t look bad on him though. He never really had to shave until the summer, but now he thinks he could practically grow a beard in two days. He misses the old days and yet he enjoys his new mature looks and the bragging rights that he gets for being able to grow a beard so quickly. Forget five o’clock shadow. He’s got two o’ clock shadow.

AJ’s eyes are the same piercing blue that they always were, but his hair has lost it’s dirty blond color and become more of a sandy brown that has natural blond in it. In his opinion, this change in hair color adds to his mature looks. Being blond made him look younger. Now that he’s finally grown into his looks a change in hair color looks completely natural and was kind of expected. He’s not sure why, but he never expected to be blond forever.


Personality
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At one point in time, Atticus was very open. He put himself out there and had a kind of wholesome confidence that came from his innate ability to trust and naivety. However, things have changed since he was sixteen. He’s not as trusting anymore. Nor does he have the confidence he once had. Due to his personal issues, his old personality and genuine trust and good nature have evaporated. His somewhat good humor, which could almost be described as childlike, is gone. Not only have his looks matured, but his personality seems to have made the switch as well, though he often wonders if it’s a permanent change.

He does not easily trust anyone anymore unless they earn it these days. Either they have to earn his respect by showing him they’re a decent person in some way, like doing something brave or showing good character, or he has to be friends with them for a long time. If he is friends with someone for a good long time, then he will begin to trust them, even if it is a slow trust. However, a very select few have been known to get through to him. That’s not to say he acts shy and guarded though. He’s outgoing and loves to have a good time, but just because he chats with someone and hangs out with them doesn’t mean he trusts them. Usually the girls get to him much more easily. Something about a girl in his arms makes him let down his guard more easily. He has a weakness to puppy eyes and pouty faces, and it’s obvious. No; Atticus can’t say no to a pretty face.

There is an protective layer over Atticus now. He refuses to acknowledge that there is something below that layer these days, so he fully embraces his new persona. His confidence, once genuine, is no longer the same. Now it is more of a false self confidence. He even comes off as a little arrogant sometimes, though he desperately tries not to be. His confidence now acts as an outer shell that conceals his softer, more vulnerable self. However, this confidence does do the job of making him outgoing and fun loving. If anything, he’s over fun loving. Anger and happiness are the only emotions he embraces. Any negative emotion triggers his temper and any positive one is channeled into happiness. However, most will never see his angry side. Only those who know him fairly well, or those who really get under his skin, see him blow his top. His outer layer of confidence keeps anything from bothering him on the surface. It may bother him on the inside, but he won’t show it and just makes a joke out of everything.

Beneath his outer layer, Atticus is a little softer then he used to be, a little more vulnerable, which is why he will let nothing get through that outer layer. It’s easier just to pretend nothing that there is no depth beneath the surface. If he is confronted with anything that threatens to affect his inner self then he will either make it into a joke or put on a cover of emotionlessness. Sometimes his horrible temper even gets away from him. It’s a good thing he has physical strength to back up his temper or he would probably have been beaten to a pulp by now. Anger is hardly ever seen in public if he can help it though. Instead he bottles it up until he’s somewhere more secluded where he can just punch a wall rather than a face. He could be accused of not dealing with his emotions, which is true, but he won’t deal with that either. Atticus just refuses to feel anything he doesn’t want to feel. In his mind, he is the master of his own emotions. However, that is an ignorant way to look at it.



Personal History
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Atticus James Saunders was born to James Saunders and his young wife Mary Ann, formerly Phelps, now Saunders. AJ’s childhood was a happy one. His parents got along, he was a bright young boy, and he was the apple of both his parents’ eyes. He was their only child, so he received all of their attention. Everything was fine and dandy until his father began drinking more. He was in no way an alcoholic, but with drinking more came eating more. The man began to get very, very lazy. He began gaining weight and stopped attending work regularly. He was fired from his office job, and relied on Mary Ann to bring home the bacon. Naturally the woman grey disgusted with her husband, and finally she couldn’t take it anymore. She left the family, leaving AJ behind, saying that he would remind her too much of his father. He did bear an uncanny resemblance to the man even if he was only eight when she left.

Mary Ann quickly got remarried and had another child, a daughter named Ann. AJ is not at all familiar with the man his mother married, some guy named Tim, but he is still very close with his little half sister, who is nine years his junior. His mother allows him to visit and he takes every chance to do so. Ann knows everything about him and absolutely loves having a big brother. She even knows that AJ is a wizard, something his mother is in the dark about. She just thinks he is away at boarding school.

Atticus spent most of his childhood locked up in his room, playing by himself. He chose to be there though. He didn’t want to even see his father and the only time he came out was to go to the bathroom and eat. His father didn’t really care much about him anyway and just ignored him. After Atticus was sent his school letter, his dad got excited, thinking Atticus could make his life easier with magic, but Atticus would not. He took all his things and moved out to an apartment, where he stays during the summer. He stays at school through the breaks though, trying to keep as far away from the muggle world as possible.

Since he has moved out away from the man who spends the majority of his time sitting in an easy chair and watching tv with a beer in one hand and a handful of chips in the other, AJ has complete freedom. Maybe too much freedom. He took advantage of his freedom over the summer between his sixth and seventh year and got in with a bad crowd. It was during this time that his personality changed. A bout of substance abuse took away his innocence and his trust. “Friends” betrayed and life was not grand, so he was more then happy when he ditched his muggle friends to come back to Hogwarts. They’ll be waiting for him next summer though.


Family Background
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The Saunders family was once a well respected family. Both James and Mary Ann had good job as executives, but when they got divorced everything changed. Mary Ann is still respected and her family lives well and are fairly wealthy, but James is living in the smallest flat in London. He lives in near poverty and relies on his unemployment check to get him through the month. He works as a salesman. It’s the perfect job for him. He doesn’t have to move unless he wants to. However he doesn’t make any money unless he gets off his ass, which hardly ever happens. Needless to say, the man doesn’t make much money on his own. You may be wondering: How does he collect an unemployment check if he’s employed. He’s payed under the table. It’s not on the books, so he basically lies to the government and collects an undeserved unemployment check. So, as you can plainly see, James family equals poor, and Mary Ann’s family equals wealthy. Naturally AJ relies on his mother to fund his very small apartment in London. The woman will give him nearly any amount of cash to keep him from visiting too often. The woman really does hate to be reminded of her old husband.



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